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The 2024 Jasper wildfire, also known as the Jasper Wildfire Complex, [3] was a wildfire in Jasper, Alberta, Canada. [4] Fires were initially spotted in the mountains both north and south of the resort town before both reached the town. [5] A mass evacuation was ordered on July 22. [6]
The Jasper fire could be one of the most damaging in Alberta since a 2016 conflagration that hit the oil town of Fort McMurray, forcing the evacuation of all 90,000 residents.
The 2024 fires have forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in communities throughout the country, including over 7,000 from Labrador City (the largest-ever evacuation in Newfoundland and Labrador's history) and over 25,000 in Jasper, Alberta.
A fast-moving wildfire in the Canadian Rockies that had prompted 25,000 people to flee roared into the near-deserted town of Jasper overnight with flames higher than treetops, devastating up to ...
The largest of 7,473 California wildland fires in 2024, [15] and a cumulative 173,854 ha burned across multiple counties. [14] With arson credited as the initial precipitant, the blaze went on to destroy over 700 structures, [14] and rank as the fourth largest wildfire in US history. [15] Fire suppression costs alone are estimated at 310 ...
Progress has been made suppressing fires in the Canadian tourist town of Jasper, with the remaining ones expected to be put out by the end of the day, authorities said on Saturday. The fires ...
Jasper, a popular tourist town in the middle of Alberta’s Jasper National Park, has suffered widespread destruction due to the Jasper Wildlife Complex Fire, which has scorched nearly 80,000 acres.
Nearly a third of Jasper's structures were destroyed when a massive wildfire, with flames burning 100 meters (330 feet) high, hit the popular Alberta tourist town last week.